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Overview

Elena Belousova is affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a substantial focus on geophysics. Their research contributions span multiple subfields, including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Paleontology, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

Themes central to their research include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-Pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Mineralogy and Gemology Studies

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Lithos
  • Precambrian Research
  • Minerals
  • Russian Geology and Geophysics
  • Gondwana Research

Elena Belousova has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including William L. Griffin, Suzanne Y. O'Reilly, Yuping Su, Hong-Kun Dai, and К. N. Malitch.

Some recent papers authored by or including Belousova as a contributor are:

  • "Recycled volatiles determine fertility of porphyry deposits in collisional settings" (2020, American Mineralogist)
  • "Apatite halogens and Sr-O and zircon Hf-O isotopes: Recycled volatiles in Jurassic porphyry ore systems in southern Tibet" (2022, Chemical Geology)
  • "Nanoscale Chemical Imaging by Photo-Induced Force Microscopy: Technical Aspects and Application to the Geosciences" (2021, Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research)
  • "Two distinct crustal sources for Late Neoproterozoic granitic magmatism across the Sierra Ballena Shear Zone, Dom Feliciano Belt, Uruguay: Whole-rock geochemistry, zircon geochronology and Sr-Nd-Hf isotope evidence" (2020, Precambrian Research)
  • "New U Pb, Hf and O isotope constraints on the provenance of sediments from the Adelaide Rift Complex - Documenting the key Neoproterozoic to early Cambrian succession" (2020, Gondwana Research)

The diversity in topic and method evident in Belousova's publications reflects a multidisciplinary approach to studies in geochemistry, petrology, and geophysics. The integration of isotope geochemistry, mineralogy, and analytical techniques such as photo-induced force microscopy underscores their engagement with both field and laboratory research methods.

Best Publications

  • The application of laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry to in situ U–Pb zircon geochronology

    Simon E. Jackson;Norman J. Pearson;William L. Griffin;William L. Griffin;Elena A. Belousova

  • The Hf isotope composition of cratonic mantle: LAM-MC-ICPMS analysis of zircon megacrysts in kimberlites

    W.L. Griffin;W.L. Griffin;N.J. Pearson;E. Belousova;S.E. Jackson

  • Igneous zircon: trace element composition as an indicator of source rock type

    E. A Belousova;W. L Griffin;Suzanne Y O'Reilly;N. I Fisher

  • Archean crustal evolution in the northern Yilgarn Craton: U–Pb and Hf-isotope evidence from detrital zircons

    W.L. Griffin;W.L. Griffin;E.A. Belousova;S.R. Shee;N.J. Pearson

  • Trace element and isotopic composition of GJ-red zircon standard by laser ablation

    S. Elhlou;E. Belousova;W.L. Griffin;N.J. Pearson

  • Reassessment of continental growth during the accretionary history of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

    A. Kröner;V. Kovach;E. Belousova;E. Hegner

  • The growth of the continental crust: Constraints from zircon Hf-isotope data

    E. A Belousova;Y. A Kostitsyn;William L Griffin;Graham C Begg

  • Apatite as an indicator mineral for mineral exploration: trace-element compositions and their relationship to host rock type

    E.A. Belousova;W.L. Griffin;W.L. Griffin;Suzanne Y. O'Reilly;N.I. Fisher

  • Zircon Crystal Morphology, Trace Element Signatures and Hf Isotope Composition as a Tool for Petrogenetic Modelling: Examples From Eastern Australian Granitoids

    E. A. Belousova;W. L. Griffin;Suzanne Y. O'reilly

  • Granitoid events in space and time: Constraints from igneous and detrital zircon age spectra

    Kent C. Condie;Elena Belousova;W.L. Griffin;Keith N. Sircombe

  • Mesozoic decratonization of the North China block

    Jin Hui Yang;Fu Yuan Wu;Simon A. Wilde;Elena Belousova

  • Two contrasting Phanerozoic orogenic systems revealed by hafnium isotope data

    William J. Collins;William J. Collins;Elena A. Belousova;Anthony I. S. Kemp;J. Brendan Murphy

  • U–Pb ages and source composition by Hf-isotope and trace-element analysis of detrital zircons in Permian sandstone and modern sand from southwestern Australia and a review of the paleogeographical and denudational history of the Yilgarn Craton

    John J. Veevers;A. Saeed;Elena A. Belousova;W. L. Griffin

  • Comment: Hf-isotope heterogeneity in zircon 91500

    W.L. Griffin;N.J. Pearson;E.A. Belousova;A. Saeed

  • Mesozoic plutons of the Yidun Arc, SW China: U/Pb geochronology and Hf isotopic signature

    Anthony Reid;Christopher J.L. Wilson;Lui Shun;Norman Pearson

  • Building the New England Batholith, eastern Australia—Linking granite petrogenesis with geodynamic setting using Hf isotopes in zircon

    G. Phillips;B. Landenberger;E.A. Belousova

  • The 1375 Ma "Kibaran event" in Central Africa: Prominent emplacement of bimodal magmatism under extensional regime

    L. Tack;Michael Wingate;Michael Wingate;B. De Waele;J. Meert

  • In situ U–Pb rutile dating by LA-ICP-MS: 208Pb correction and prospects for geological applications

    Thomas Zack;Daniel F. Stockli;George L. Luvizotto;Matthias G. Barth

  • Episodic zircon ages, Hf isotopic composition, and the preservation rate of continental crust

    Kent C. Condie;M.E. Bickford;Richard C. Aster;Elena Belousova

  • Igneous zircon : trace element composition as an indicator of source rock type

    E. A. Belousova

Frequent Co-Authors

William L. Griffin
William L. Griffin Macquarie University
Suzanne Y. O'Reilly
Suzanne Y. O'Reilly Macquarie University
Norman J. Pearson
Norman J. Pearson Macquarie University
Christopher L. Kirkland
Christopher L. Kirkland Curtin University
Michael T.D. Wingate
Michael T.D. Wingate University of Western Australia
José María González-Jiménez
José María González-Jiménez University of Granada
Carlos Villaseca
Carlos Villaseca Complutense University of Madrid
Marco L. Fiorentini
Marco L. Fiorentini University of Western Australia
Ian T. Graham
Ian T. Graham University of New South Wales
Reimar Seltmann
Reimar Seltmann Natural History Museum

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